Sen. Scott Brown staffers caught on video chanting Indian war whoops, making tomahawk chops  —  Rally video surfaces after campaigns release ads about Warren's heritage  —  Brown staffers caught chanting Indian war whoops  —  Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” …

Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory  —  President Obama has grabbed a significant lead over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by The Washington Post.

The President continues to offer up apologies....When tolerance becomes a one way street it leads to cultural suicide...  In his speech today to the United Nations, President Obama stated six times that the attacks across the Islamic world are attributed to a silly video.

Union-buster Walker calls for return of union refs  —  Below:  —  WBOY-TV  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) - If there's one thing that can unite political foes in Wisconsin, it just may be the Green Bay Packers.  —  Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who made a national name for himself …

The Conservative Mind  —  When I joined the staff of National Review as a lowly associate in 1984, the magazine, and the conservative movement itself, was a fusion of two different mentalities.  —  On the one side, there were the economic conservatives.  These were people that anybody …

Madonna strips for Obama, offers profanity-laced endorsement  —  Madonna offered a profanity-laced endorsement of President Obama at her concert Monday night, which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body.

Anti-Muslim posters spark subway fears  —  The NYPD ramped up security at 10 subway stations yesterday after the MTA was forced to install a controversial ad campaign branding enemies of Israel “savages,” sources told The Post.  —  The 46- by 30-inch ads — which the MTA unsuccessfully tried to block …

The website where Mitt Romney's winning in a landslide  —  At UnSkewed Polls, “liberal media bias” is removed from every survey that shows Obama ahead.  Guess who wins?  —  I present UnSkewedPolls.com, the best new website on the political Internet.  UnSkewed Polls finally removes the …

Romney Says Clinton Can ‘Do a Man a Lot of Good’  —  Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney is unlikely to win Bill Clinton's vote, but that doesn't mean he can't soak up a bit of the popular former president's luster.  —  The two men stood side by side Tuesday as Clinton introduced Romney …

Mitt Romney Was Joking About Airplane Windows  —  The internet was tickled silly yesterday when it learned that Mitt Romney lacks an even basic understanding of the airplanes he has flown on probably thousands of times at this point in his 65-year life.  It seemed almost unthinkable that a guy …

Bacon, pork shortage ‘now unavoidable,’ industry group says  —  LA Times Columnist David Lazarus discusses details of the U.S. bacon shortage  —  Might want to get your fill of ham this year, because “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable,” according to an industry trade group.

Defining Wonkishness Down  —  I'm noticing a pattern in coverage of Paul Ryan.  Yesterday's NYT and WaPo gripe-collecters on how conservatives wanted to “unleash” the candidate were a taster.  The next wave of Ryan story is the “the wonk is loosed” piece.  When you see just how the “wonkishness” is being defined, it's fairly amusing.

Herald-Tribune runs seriously ugly and false anti-Obama ad  —  UPDATE: 6:10 p.m. A group of “concerned Sarasota citizens” say they'll protest outside the newspaper Thursday afternoon.  —  Get a load of the full page ad that ran in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sunday:  —  Other papers that ran the ad, according to the PAC:

NEWS FLASH  —  RYAN: PREVENTING GAY PEOPLE FROM MARRYING IS A ‘UNIVERSAL HUMAN’ VALUE |  Paul Ryan reiterated his opposition to marriage equality, during a town hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday.  “The things you talk about like traditional marriage and family and entrepreneurship.

Ralph Nader: Obama's a ‘war criminal’  —  It's no surprise that Ralph Nader isn't a fan of former President George W. Bush.  After all, the longtime activist ran against him in both 2000 and 2004.  But Nader's even less a fan of President Barack Obama, if only because he thinks Obama was capable of so much more.

Consumer Confidence Survey® … The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Increases in September.  Index Improves Nine Points.  —  The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined in August, improved in September.  The Index now stands at 70.3 (1985=100), up from 61.3 in August.

Big PAC May Return to Akin Fold  —  A powerful conservative PAC said today that “circumstances have changed” and it is reconsidering its decision to withhold funds for Todd Akin's bid for a Missouri Senate seat, and Akin's campaign said today they expect other groups will also resume spending.

BBC ‘regrets Queen disclosure’  —  The BBC has apologised for revealing that the Queen raised concerns with ministers about the activities of the radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.  —  The apology comes after security correspondent Frank Gardner told BBC Radio 4 details of a private conversation he had with the Queen.